The Retrospective

#5 The Retrospective 3rd of June 2024

Listen Later

Jeremy’s article on How to Innovate: https://www.jeremybrown.tech/how-to-innovate

  • Clayton Christensen’s books on Disruptive Innovation (Jeremy was referring to “The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail”): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19203217-disruptive-innovation
  • Lex Fridman and Mark Zuckerberg interview in the Metaverse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EohIA7QPmmE
  • Perplexity, an AI search engine: https://www.perplexity.ai/
  • Kagi, the search engine Jeremy uses: https://kagi.com/
  • Tom Demarco’s book about slack: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123715.Slack
  • 2018 study on slack and innovation: https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/full/10.1287/orsc.2018.1215

    • Peter’s article about Getting hired as an EM / Searching and applying: https://peterszasz.com/get-hired-as-an-engineering-manager-part-3-searching-and-applying/

    • Craft Conference: https://craft-conf.com/
    • Book on Platform Strategy: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/208871782-platform-strategy
    • Search Engine podcast episode on the media apocalypse and how to survive it, part 1: https://overcast.fm/+BBVQRBOVak part2: https://overcast.fm/+BBVQTfeXl4
    • Example of a hyper-local website: Les Pépites du 19e - https://www.lespepitesdu19e.fr/ and Instagram (@lespepitesdu19e)


      • 00:00 Introduction and Greetings

      00:34 What the hell is this show?

      02:47 Jeremy's article on "How to Innovate"

      07:25 Do you need a healthy Culture to Innovate

      09:55 Can big companies innovate?

      18:53 Is slack (time) needed to innovate?

      28:57 Peter - Getting hired as an EM / Searching and applying

      44:55 Get ahead of the crowd strategies for job seekers

      47:08 An example of a great cold outreach

      48:54 Can networking at conferences help me get a job?

      50:54 Experiences at Craft Conf

      52:21 Emerging trends from the talks at Craft Conf?

      55:17 AI will replace developers!

      01:01:19 Supporting Conference Attendance as a leader

      01:05:13 The Media Apocalypse and Ethical Consumption

      01:07:44 The Role of AI in Content Creation

      01:14:16 The Importance of Local News and Media

      01:25:35 Reflections and Closing Thoughts​

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      The RetrospectiveBy Jeremy Brown & Péter Szász